Supplementary cell for type-cases



(NoModeL) P. W. WILEY;

SUPPLEMENTARY CELL FOR TYPE GASES,-

No. 292,392." Patented Jan. 22, 18.84.

(SfJ.

\ N4 PETERS. Pmlmuma n hm Waxhin tm ac.

'UNrTEn STAT S PATENT Danica.

PHILIP w. WILEY, or RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR TO GoLnme oo.,'or BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SPECIFICATIQNforming part of Letters Patent No. 292,392, dated January 22, 1884.

0 Application filed September "5, i852. (No model.)

lb aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PHILIP W. WILEY, a citizen of .the United States of America, residing at Raleigh, in the county of WVake and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Supplementary Cells for Type- Oases; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

It is well known that in the arrangement or disposition of typographic characters in a case those which are most infrequently used in composition are placed in-the more distant and marginal cells, while those more frequently required are placed in those cells which are readily accessible, and in the arrangement known as the American upper and lower case the usual position of the cases, one above the other and both inclined-all of the infrequently-used characters are so located that in the composition of matter requiring more than the usual number thereof oftrepeated and compar'atively-extended movements of the hand of the compositor are necessary.

The object of my invention is to provide means whereby the infrequently-used or more distantly located characters may be temporarily disposed or placed within easy access.

WVith this object in View my invention consists in a supplemental cellwhich is adapted to be secured to the type-case in a temporary or removable manner.

My invention further consists in certain features hereinafter described, and specifically set forth in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of. a portion of an upper and a lower type-case with a supplemental cell applied to the latter; Fig. 2, a perspective of the supplemental cell; Fig. 3, a central vertical section of the same and of a portion of a case to which it is attached. Fig. 41s a modification ofa detail, and Fig. 5 a plan of the blank from which the cell is constructed.

Like letters 'refer to like parts in all the figures.

A represents the'lower and B the upper case, the cells of which are shown as arranged in accordance with the American planthat In the three upper rangement of the type is the most economical in its requirement of labor on the part of a compositor; but when market reports, commercial bulletins, price-lists,'and similar matter is to be set up, then some means for temporarily changing the location of the above characters results in a large saving of time and labor. At (L'I represent such means'viz., a supplementary cell adapted to be secured to the lower case, in which cell are placed a quantity of any one of the more distantly located characters, which are thereby brought within easy access. Several of these supplementary cells may be used, and thus all of said characters may be made accessible.

The cell 0 is of such dimensions as will permit of its being attached'to or supported by the partition of a single, half, or quarter compartment or cell of the case, and in each (except the latter) not interfering with the operation of taking type therefrom. The means for attaching the cell may be such as to adapt it to be supported on any desired part of the case, as hereinafterdescribed. The cell consists of a sheet (or it may be cast) metal body portion or box, provided with a spring, 0, arranged in connection with its end to securely hold the same upon and against a partition, a,,when placed thereon, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. In the preferable form the body of the cell consists of a back 0 two sides 0 and a bottom, 0 which is concaved interiorly by being curved and joined to the continuouslycurved lower edges of the sides, and the spring 0 is preferably formed integral with the back a, and may be substantially straight, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 4, or preferably provided with a stop, a, to prevent injury to type in the compartment or cell to the partition of which the supplementary cell may be attached. If desired, the stop 0 may be a tongue formed from the material composing the spring by cutting on the dotted line shown in Fig. 5, said tongue being bent inwardly toward the back of the cell. Furthermore, the spring 0 may be formed separate from the cell and riveted or otherwise secured to the back, either inside or outside, as indicated in Fig. l. The preferable manner of making the cell is to first cut out the blank shown in Fig. 5, and by bending the projecting portions 0n the dotted lines and uniting the adjacent edges the cell is completed; or, if desired to economize material, the sides 0 may be formed separate from the central strip which forms the spring, back, and bottom, and afterward welded, brazed, or soldered to said strip.

I do not limit myself to the particular shape of the cell herein shown, as others may be used and possess the principal advantage of a supbracket or spring may be of sufficient capacity to clasp the outer frame of the case, as well as any of the partitions thereof.

Having described my invention and the manner of using the same, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. The combination of a type-case and a supplementary cell provided with a spring, substantially as shown and described.

2. A supplementary cell for type-cases, consisting of a removable compartment provided with means, substantially as shown and described, for attaching the same to a single compartment of a case, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. Asupplemcntary cell provided with an integral spring bent below the upper edge of the cell, to form a stop, substantially as shown and described.

4. A supplementary cell provided with the curved bottom, upright back, and integral spring, substantially as shown and described.

5. The blank for type-cells, comprising the integral bottom 0*, sides a, back a, and spring 0, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

PHILIP \V. XVILEY.

\Vitnesses:

P. A. VILEY, \V. E. ANDERSON. 

